Excerpt from God's Marvellous Doing for the Nation: A Sermon, Preached on the Day Appointed by the President for National Thanksgiving and Prayer, in the Church of the Epiphany, Philadelphia This is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. -psalm cxviii. 23. The Psalm in which our text is found, is what is called a Messianic Psalm. All its utterances refer to Christ. The marvellous doing here spoken of, has reference to the great work of man's redemption, wrought out by our glorious Saviour. Of this, it may with truth be said, that it is the Lord's doing. The design of it is his. The execution of it is his. The results of it are his. And this doing of the Lord is indeed marvellous. In the magnitude of its blessings, it is marvellous. In the extent to which these blessings reach, both as to the number who are to share in them, and as to the period of their duration, the work which secures them, is marvellous. And it is marvel lous, too, in the'.gracious manner in which these blessings are bestowed on the needy and perishing children of men. This is the true and primary sense in which the words of our text should be taken. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.